Topps to Release Exciting New Line of Basketball Cards

Topps is pleased to announce an all-new Basketball Card line that features
the finest in premium quality trading cards and guarantees a thrilling pack
opening experience - 2004-2005 TOPPS LUXURY BOX BASKETBALL.

Until collectors open a pack (2 in one), they'll have no idea if they've
been admitted to the TIER RESERVED, LOGE LEVEL, MAIN RESERVED or the
ultimate LUXURY BOX. And just like in any NBA arena, the LUXURY BOX is a
ticket to exclusivity.

The 150-card base set includes 100 veterans, 30 short printed Rookies and 30
short printed legends and features 5 unique parallels - Season Ticket, Tier
reserved (#'d to 300), Loge Level (#'d to 100), Main Reserved (#'d to 25)
and Luxury Box (1 of 1).

There are also AUTOGRAPHED parallels (Tier #'d to 75, Loge #'d to 30, Main #
'd to 10 and Luxury Box #'d 1 of 1) and RELICS (Tier #'d to 200, Loge #'d to
75, Main #'d to 30 and Luxury Box #'d 1 of 1).

And for Relics, it does not get any better. The sequentially numbered
Lay-Up, Assist (Double Relics), 3-Point Play (Triple Relics), Triple Threat
(Triple Relics) and Box & 1 (Quad Relics) all feature the
best of the best-Shaq, Melo, Yao, T-Mac, Duncan, KG, Okafor, Dwight Howard,
Jason Kidd, Shaq. You name it, and he's in the product.

The Relic programs also feature a very limited number of Autographed
versions.

Each 10-pack box of 04-05 Luxury Box caries a $100 SRP and guarantees FIVE
Sequentially Numbered Parallels, FOUR Relic Cards and 1 Autographed Card and
is set to release the second week of March.